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The Promise of Happiness - Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction (Paperback, Revised) Loot Price: R1,206
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The Promise of Happiness - Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction (Paperback, Revised): Fred Inglis

The Promise of Happiness - Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction (Paperback, Revised)

Fred Inglis

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Originally published in paperback in 1982, this book was written in answer to the question 'which books should our children read, and why?' It is a study of what is, in the author's opinion, the best children's fiction of the previous hundred years, and at the same time a study of the social values which that fiction celebrates and criticises. Fred Inglis concentrates on stories for children aged between nine and thirteen; he contrasts the kinds of delight and profit to be gained from classics ancient and modern, from the novels of Dickens and Lewis Carroll via those of Arthur Ransome and Tolkien to William Mayne, Ursula Leguin, Russell Hoban and Philippa Pearce, situating these books in the social context from which they came and relating them to the audience of adults who are expected to write, publish, judge and choose books for their children.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 1982
First published: 1982
Authors: Fred Inglis
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 348
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-27070-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literary criticism > General
Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
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LSN: 0-521-27070-7
Barcode: 9780521270700

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